METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR COMPILING INFORMATION INTO INFORMATION CATEGORIES USING AN EXPERT SYSTEM

Embodiments of methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for compiling information into information categories using an expert system. For example, multiple information categories may be defined and, for each information category, a fact table may be provided that contains facts and rules associated with the respective information category. The information to be compiled may be encoded as multiple data strings and received as a digital data stream. An inference engine is then used to process the facts, the rules, and the data strings for at least one of the fact tables to associate one or more of the data strings with at least one of the information categories. The data strings that are associated with the information categories may then be arranged in a file based on their information category associations. By using the inference engine and fact tables to associate data strings with information categories, non-standardized information may be organized by category and then arranged in a file based on these categories. The resulting file may be more readily processed by other applications because the information contained therein may be arranged in a consistent, predetermined manner.